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J. c. ANDRESEN.

' COVER FASTENER FOR SHIPPING PM LS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-30, |92|.

1,425,131 1. Patented Aug. 8; 1922.

UNITEfi STATES rArnN'r o rrien.

JULIUS c. nNnnnsnN, or sAN r-RaNcrsco, oAL ronNIA, AssIeNoa '10 on rronNIa BARREL COMPANY, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A conronArroN on CALI- PORN IA.

COVERFASTENER FOR SHIPPING FAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pg tgntefl Aug, 8, 15222,

Application filed November 30, 1921. Serial No. 518,858. I

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUs C. ANnnnsnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cover Fasteners for Shipping Pails, of Which the following is a specification.

The hereinafter described invention relates to certain improvements in fastening means for securing the covers to shipping pails adapted to contain merchandise, and more particularly to an improvement on the fastening means shown and described in United States Letters Patent #1,358,253, granted to Rudolph F. Schott under date of November the 9th, 1920.

The object of the invention is to provide a simpler, more efficient and durable securing means for attaching the cover to shipping pails over that form of means illustrated and described in said Letters Patent No. 1,358,253, while preserving all the ad vantages of such type of fastening means over the fastening means of the art prior thereto.

To comprehend the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying sheet-0f Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view illus-' trating the manner of attaching the terminal ends of the securing wires to the staves of the pail, and the manner in which the securing means for the wires is held to the staves of the pail.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the barrel showing the securing device.

Figure 4: is a perspective view of one of the securing devices.

Figure 5 is asimilar view illustrating a modified construction of the securing means. In the drawings, the numeral 1 is used to indicate an enlarged head from which is projected a shank 2, which terminates in a bifurcated extension forming parallel sepa.- rated members 8 and a, and whlch members is driven home for the uniting of the securface of the staves of the pail, it is obvlous ing wire to the pail.

For convenience,'the securing means will. hereafter be expressed heated bifurcated staple.

The numeral 5 designates the wooden tub or pail to be sealed, and preferably disclosed circularin form, and 6 the cover therefor. The securing wires for the cover are lesignated by the reference numeral 7, and 8 is the seal for, uniting the wires together over the cover .of the pail.

' In securing or uniting the securing wires 7 to the tub or'pail 5, the terminal end portions 9 of each securing wire 7 is first passed or placed within, the depressed portion 10 of the shank 2 of the securing means, and is firmly embedded within the staves of the pail by means of the said headed bifurcated staple, the bifurcated members of which are driven for their full length into the staves of the pail so that the terminal ends thereof project beyond the inner surface of the stave, and which are upset or flanged over so as to securely and firmly unite the securing means with the terminal ends of the securing wires held thereto to the stave of the pail, the securing means being drivenin under pressure, until the outer face of the enlarged head 1 lies substantially flush with the outer surface of the stave of the pail; in other words, the head 1 is embedded within the pail, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.

While preference is given to the utilization of the securing means provided with two parallel extensions or legs 34:, it is apparent that only a single leg extension of the shank 2 need be employed, as disclosed by Figure 5.

- When the securing wires have been attached to the pail, as hereinafter described, and the pail filled, the cover 6 is placed thereon, and thesecuring wires 7 brought together over the cover, and drawn taut and hinged one to the other by a twisting ofthe wires, and are securely held so hinged by means of a suitable seal 8, Figure 1 of the drawings. The only manner provided for a release of the cover 6 is either by a removal of the seal or a destruction of the securing wires. As the fastening means which hold the terminal ends of the securing wires 7 securely to the staves of the pail have the inner ends thereof upset or flanged over and back on to the inner surthat the securing means cannot be withdrawn from the pail to release the securing 0r sealing wires for the cover without indicating a tampering with the filled and secured pail.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In combination with a shipping pail, of securing wires for holding the cover of the pail against removal during transit, fastening means comprising, an enlarged head having a shank bifurcated to form projected uniting members of a length adapted to project beyond the inner surface of a stave for upsetting purposes, said means embracing and holding the terminal end of the securing wires of the pail and adapted to be driven into the pail substantially flush with the outer surface thereof for embedding the terminal end portion of the securing wires in the staves of the pail, and sealing means for uniting the securing wires one to the other.

2. In combination with a shipping pail, of fastening means for the securing wires, comprising a headed member having a shank recessed on its under surface and provided with a projected member of a length sufiicient to extend beyond the inner surface of a stave for the pail and adapted to be driven into the pail members until the head is flush with the outer surface thereof, securing wires for holding the cover of the pail against removal during transit, said wires having the terminal end portions thereof fitted within the recessed portion of the shank of the securing means and embedded in the states of the pail when the securing means are driven home and held thereto by an upsetting of the projected end portion of the extended member of the securing means shank, and means for uniting the securing wires one to the other for holding the cover to the pail.

In testimony whereof I hare signed my name to this specification.

JULIUS ANDRESEN. 

